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How Algorithms, Money, & Bureaucracy Distance us from Democracy

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

CHAPTER

The Impact of Social Media Algorithms on Public Discourse

This chapter examines how entrenched conspiracy theories and social media algorithms create feedback loops that skew public discourse. It critiques the misinterpretation of algorithmic amplification as a free speech issue, arguing that it undermines the democratic space akin to a gladiator arena.

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